[MinnowBoard] sata drive howto and boot

[Douglas Kryder]

sweet! you most likely will not be disappointed. let me know how it goes.
doug

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Patrick Mulder <mulder.patrick at gmail.com>
wrote:

> thanks doug!
>
> i got the lure extension board: https://twitter.com/mulpat/status/
> 863148428813107200
>
> but I just started to get a 16-32GB msata drive from ebay today. i did
> some bids, and expect to continue with the boot process soon.
>
> nice weekend,
>
> patrick
>
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Douglas Kryder <dkryder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Patrick,
>> 1. have the os you want to install on a thumb/flash drive in the usb port
>> 2. have your sd card in the slot
>> 3. plug the board in and press F2 to get to the UEFI screen. if you do
>> not hit F2 fast enough you will see the interactive
>> shell screen. if you see this scree type   exit    and hit return. that
>> should take you to the UEFI menu screen. if not you
>> can unplug the board and start again , remember to hit F2 quickly after
>> power up. once at menu screen.
>> 4. scroll down and select boot manager
>> 5. hit enter and you will be at boot options screen.
>> 6. scroll down and select EFI usb device.
>> 7. hit enter.
>> 8. at this point it should bring up the install screen of whatever os is
>> on the thumb drive and install to the sd card.
>> 9. after install process reboot, take out thumb drive, sd card should
>> boot.
>>
>> i'm pulling it from memory and think sd card is default install location
>> . hope this helps get you started
>>
>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:27 AM, Patrick Mulder <mulder.patrick at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> thanks, probably I could investigate a bit more how to load/configure
>>> the UEFI shell for different OS usage.
>>> It is more a side project right now for me, to have some small
>>> workstations for embedded programming/network programming.
>>>
>>> Anyway, my current situation is that have multiple USB sticks and one
>>> USB flash drive. I think the SATA approach is nice, but compared with a big
>>> computer, there is no 12V power supply for the HDD (not sure, if it is 12V,
>>> but the connector from PC power supplies look like higher voltage)
>>>
>>> Anyway, next time slot for debugging for me will probably be the weekend.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Douglas Kryder <dkryder at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Patrick,
>>>> as far as hardware connections you can use the onboard sata connector
>>>> or use a lure. in my case i bought a silverjaw lure.
>>>> http://www.tincantools.com/MinowBoard_Max_Add-ons/Silverjaw_Lure.html
>>>> and i used a samsung 850 on the m2 / msata connector.
>>>> as far as the steps to setup the flashdrive with bsd i'm gonna have to
>>>> step through the process again myself since it has been over a year since
>>>> the last time i did it and do not off the top of my head remember all the
>>>> steps however i'll update tomorrow afternoon after i've gone through the
>>>> process again.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Patrick Mulder <
>>>> mulder.patrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was playing a bit more with the Minnowboard last weekend.
>>>>>
>>>>> a) I tried a FreeBSD install onto a USB Flashdrive but the boot did
>>>>> not work yet, maybe I miss something. I was basically stuck in the UEFI
>>>>> shell, only now seeing the fs0: command to try booting from the new drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> b) Instead of working with a USB flash drive, the SATA drive option
>>>>> sounds interesting. Yet, I can't quickly see what cables I need, esp. for
>>>>> powering the SATA drive. Anyone has pointers here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>
>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>
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